REMEMBERING FRANK SINATRA

Who died on this date in 1998....READ MORE ABOUT SINATRA HERE.

Click on the photos to see Sinatra in 1944, followed by Sinatra and Gene Kelly in 1945's Anchors Aweigh.

One of our favorite crooners but also a very fine dramatic actor. 

He was simply superb in the original of--and by far superior- version-----THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE---with Lawrence Harvey. 

This is definitely one for your Bucket List, a compelling film for our times.  Read more here.

And for more light-hearted fare, we loved him in 1957's PAL JOEY with Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak.  Read more about it here.  You may also enjoy:

---THE OPENING SCENE FROM "THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE" starring Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Harvey and Angela Lansbury; see it at here. 

---Von Ryan's Express, the 1965 World War II adventure film directed by Mark Robson and starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. Financially, it became one of Sinatra's most successful films.  Read more here. 

---1948, THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS,a 1948 American drama film produced by RKO. It stars Fred MacMurray, in his pre-MY THREE SONS days--Alida Valli, an Italian actress who appeared in over a hundred films---a very young Frank Sinatra, and gravel voiced Lee J. Cobb.

The film did not do well at the time but has now achieved a sort of cult following--see  more here 

--AND A GREAT POST FROM OUR FRIENDS AT EUROPEAN FILMSTAR POSTCARDS HERE

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